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Submit today for our video competition Also sign up for our online green story writing workshop (free to attend) for aspiring entrants to the clean vs green short story competition. This is being held on Teams 6th June 14.30 – 16.30 BST. We encourage you to bring along draft stories and get early feedback from experienced writers, Read More

An online green story writing workshop (free to attend) for aspiring entrants to the clean vs green short story competition is being held on Teams 6th June 14.30 – 16.30 BST. We encourage you to bring along draft stories and get early feedback from experienced writers, green story judges and an expert on bacteria and cleaning. Writers Read More

We will arrange a virtual green story writing workshop (free to attend) for aspiring entrants to our clean vs green short story competition in early June (6th/7th or 16th/17th June). Please click here to indicate your preferred dates/times before 25th May. We encourage you to bring along draft stories and get early feedback from experienced writers, green Read More

We now have £700 worth of prizes (or dollar/local currency equivalent) to distribute across six prize categories depending on which approach your video adopts. Like the Oscars, one video can win across several prize categories. See our updated guidance. We encourage you to submit early as it is possible for entrants to amend submissions or Read More

Governments can regulate and businesses can design greener products, but the over-consumption at the heart of our climate and biodiversity crisis is predominantly a cultural issue. Research suggests that role models can affect behaviour, often on an unconscious level, for better or worse. We need heroes and fictional role models who walk more lightly on Read More

£500 prize (or local currency equivalent). We need to know how to keep our environment and bodies free from harmful bacteria, but many beliefs relating to bacteria and cleaning products are misinformed, which can lead to harmful effects on our environment and on our health. Much waste and unnecessary carbon emissions are generated by people’s Read More

We have allowed a couple more weeks for our short story competition – click here for details

Green Stories in association with BAFTA has just launched a new video competition that aims to start a conversation about the role of fictional role models in promoting sustainable lifestyles, and call out those writers, producers and characters that implicitly promote excessive consumption as an aspiration. We are looking for videos of > 5mins. Deadline Read More

We are running two competitions. One for adults (deadline 21st Feb 2022) and one for 11-18 year olds (deadline 3rd March 2022). Check out entry requirements early as we ask for a little pre-reading. We ask for stories between 2000 and 5000 words that include green solutions. Prize of £200 for each winner.

We are delighted to announce the winners of the Radio Play competition. 1st Place: ‘Chunky Monkey’ a 45 minute radio play by Emma Howell ‘Chunky Monkey’ is a 45 minute comedy about a Government Minister who uses a year 6 homework assignment as the basis for his energy policy. It was entertaining to see the Read More